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The path of axons in Drosophila wings in relation to compartment boundaries

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We have tested the hypothesis that the paths taken by sensory axons in the peripheral nervous system of Drosophila are influenced by the boundaries between developmental compartments1. It has been proposed that differences in cell affinity keep the epidermal cells of adjacent compartments from intermingling2. Such differences in cell affinity might well also prevent the axons of sensory neurones, which are derived from the same populations as epidermal cells and which use them as growth substrates, from crossing compartment boundaries. However, as we report here, we have found that sensory axons in the wing of Drosophila do cross the boundary between the anterior and posterior compartments of the wing.

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    John Palka, Margrit Schubiger & H. Stephen Hart

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Palka, J., Schubiger, M. & Hart, H. The path of axons in Drosophila wings in relation to compartment boundaries. Nature 294, 447–449 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1038/294447a0

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